confabulation
pronunciation
How to pronounce confabulation in British English:
UK [kənˌfæbjəˈleɪʃn]
How to pronounce confabulation in American English:
US
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- Noun:
- an informal conversation
- (psychiatry) a plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered
Word Origin
- confabulation (n.)
- mid-15c., "talking together," from Late Latin confabulationem (nominative confabulatio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin confabulari (see confabulate).
Example
- 1. Confabulation may be marked but is not invariably present .
- 2. Don 't want in the classroom loudly the confabulation .
- 3. Self-deception is not enough . Something stronger is needed . Confabulation triumphs over organic disease .
- 4. Confabulation may be a marked feature , but perception and other cognitive functions , including the intellect , are usually intact .
- 5. These dreams of the child have the character of bordering on confabulation , as you can see from your contact with a child .